About the Authors
- Masamichi Yamashita
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Affiliations Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South-1 West-17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060–8556, Japan, Department of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori 680–8553, Japan
- Yoshihiko Hirohashi
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* E-mail: hirohash@sapmed.ac.jp (YH); torigoe@sapmed.ac.jp (TT)
Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South-1 West-17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060–8556, Japan
- Toshihiko Torigoe
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* E-mail: hirohash@sapmed.ac.jp (YH); torigoe@sapmed.ac.jp (TT)
Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South-1 West-17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060–8556, Japan
- Hiroki Kusumoto
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South-1 West-17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060–8556, Japan
- Aiko Murai
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South-1 West-17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060–8556, Japan
- Tomohiro Imagawa
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori 680–8553, Japan
- Noriyuki Sato
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South-1 West-17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060–8556, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MY YH TT TI NS. Performed the experiments: MY HK AM. Analyzed the data: MY YH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TI NS. Wrote the paper: MY YH TT.